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2022 reissue, 12″, Solid Groove.
One of the more pleasing trends of recent times has been the desire to dig into the history of tech-house and deliver reissues of choice singles from the late 1990s, a time when the genre was famed not for glitchy drug-chug but rather far-sighted, sci-fi sounding blends of Motor City techno and deep house. Mark Ambrose’s ‘Dream Mode’ EP, which first landed in stores in 1997, fits this description. The A-side title track fits this description, with deeply spacey pads, intergalactic electronics and drifting, ambient style chord sequences riding a warming, sub-heavy bassline and rolling techno-not-techno drums. Over on the B-side, ‘Colonel’s Measure’ is a hypnotic and breathless chunk of minor-key tech-funk of the sort that Dave Angel used to release in the late ’90s, while ‘Redial’ sounds like an aquatic tech-house take on early ’90s bleep & bass. – Juno